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GROWTH STANDARDS AND CHARTS;
INTRODUCTIONThe GROWTH charts consist of a series of percentile/standard deviation or both curves that illustrate the distribution of selected body measurements in children. They are used in the assessment and monitoring of individual children and in screening whole INTERNATIONALLY USED GROWTH CHARTS AND THEIR DIFFERENCESP ediatric GROWTH charts have been used by pediatricians to track the GROWTH of infants, children, and adolescents in the United States since 1977. The 1977 GROWTH charts were developed based on children from the USA, by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). These were adopted by the World Health Organization as well and are called the 1977 NCHS GROWTH charts or NCHS/WHO GROWTH charts.
weight for age, length/height for age, weight for length/height, BMI for age, mid upper arm circumference for age, triceps and subscapular skin folds for age, head circumference for age and ... percentiles is shown in table I. The following four growth indicators should be assessed in each child: 1. Length/height for age: This indicator helps ...
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